It’s no secret that the iPhone 3G S launch this weekend has been plagued with issues. So many new phones have sold that AT&T is having trouble keeping up with the demand. Many owners have already been warned that their phones could take up to 48 hours to activate, and now it looks like some [...]

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Rounding out the AT&T leaks is this batch from Nokia. Two are actually interesting: The odd-in-a-good-way Mako side-slider, which is an S60 phone with full QWERTY and somewhat snoozy specs. And the Thresher, which is probably the shiniest slider Nokia’s ever pooped out.

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Today Samsung and AT&T announced the Jack, successor to the BlackJack series of Windows Mobile devices. The Jack is a bar-style phone with full QWERTY keyboard, 3.2 megapixel camera with video capture, Wi-Fi, GPS and 3G. It has a microSD slot and supports cards up to 16GB. The Jack will run Windows Mobile Smartphone Edition [...]

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Today Samsung and AT&T announced the availability of the Samsung Magnet, which was first announced in March. The Magnet is a bar-style QWERTY messaging phone with quad-band GSM/EDGE radios. It comes with a VGA camera, Bluetooth, one-touch access to messaging features, and support for Java applications. The Magnet is available online and via select retailers [...]

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Today AT&T announced an additional option for its GoPhone customers. Now, GoPhone users can choose to get unlimited nationwide calling with no roaming or long distance charges for a daily fee of $3. AT&T already offers a similar plan for $1 per day, but it is limited to other AT&T wireless numbers.

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Thanks to a leaked AT&T rebate sheet, we now have the confirmation that the largest North American GSM carrier will release the following phones: Motorola QA1 Karma, Sony Ericsson C905a and Samsung Jack i637.
Appeared over at BGR, the rebate sheet doesn’t disclose the exact release dates of said phones, but we know they should come to AT&T between May [...]

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Documents became public today on the FCC web site that detail an unannounced Nokia phone for AT&T. The Nokia 6750 “Mural” is a clamshell phone with dedicated music keys and an outer display hidden behind a mirrored shell. Documents confirm 3G in the 850/1900 bands that AT&T uses. Also confirmed are a memory card slot, [...]

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AT&T subscribers that have been waiting for the Curve 8900 to hit the network don’t have to wait anymore, for the announcement anyway. The Curve 8900 will hit the AT&T network early this summer according to the wireless provider with new features and better performance.
The handset will include GPS and Wi-Fi along with a next [...]

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The FCC has recently approved the Sony Ericsson W518a, a clamshell Walkman phone similar in most respects to the W508a bound for AT&T’s network. Confirmed specs include quad-band GSM/EDGE, dual-band 850/1900 HSDPA, GPS and Bluetooth radios. It also has two displays, a camera and external music controls. The draft user manual mentions a number of [...]

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AT&T on Wednesday quietly updated its cellphone terms of service to again potentially ban devices like the Slingbox on its network. Having initially pulled earlier changes in what was described as “an error,” the carrier has again modified the terms to specifically prevent “redirecting television signals for viewing on Personal Computers.” It’s not evident whether [...]

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Apple “is conducting high-level discussions with Verizon Wireless to sell a version of the iPhone that would work on Verizon’s network,” according to the New York Times. Talks heated up two weeks ago. The phone could be available next year. It is not clear if the first model would be CDMA or LTE, although sources [...]

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Documents for the LG CF750 became public on the FCC web site today. The CF750 is identical to the “Secret” phone marketed globally, including hidden touch D-pad, 5 megapixel camera, and carbon fiber back plate. Pictures also confirm that the CF750, which is a slider, has dedicated music controls. The draft user manual mentions AT&T [...]

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Citing concerns that it would strain the data network, AT&T may have compelled Apple to deny approval for an application called SlingPlayer that would allow users to view television on their iPhone, according gadgets blog Electronista.
The report credits “a source close to Apple’s approval process,” but does not contain any comments on the record. So [...]

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According to sources cited by the Wall Street Journal, AT&T is currently in talks with Apple to extend its exclusive distribution deal for the iPhone. People ‘familiar with the matter,’ AT&T’s deal is set to expire in 2010, and the company is hoping to push the deal at least to 2011. That would give it [...]

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If it’s beautiful phones you’re looking for, AT&T’s new Samsung a657 will probably not be of interest to you.
And that’s because the a657 is a rugged and tough handset “built to withstand the harshest conditions and most demanding users.”
Like AT&T’s previously released rugged phone from Samsung (Rugby a837), the a657 has Push to Talk (PTT) [...]

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